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Hi Visi
 
Very nice words my friend.
 
Thank you.
 
 
Denis.

Long time no see.......
 
And here we go again !
I was not satisfied with the whole build.
I was to lazy to put balsa blocks into the bow section and that was a bad idea!
The planking was not going as it should be so.....start all over again .
Not only the planking giving me problems also the decks.
The deck was coming in 4 pieces and they want me to plank when it was not at the ship.
The result you can see in early pictures.
I have change it and planked when the deck was on the ship!
Much better !!!! ( i have to say )
And now you are thinking that I remove everything but no.
OCcre give us the opportunity to buy packs.
For the ST it will be 6 packs to finish the build.
I just ordered pack one with the false keel, decks and deck planking and the bulwarks.
And the pictures are showing you where I am at the moment.
And yes, there are balsa blocks in the bow this time.
I hope that the planking is going smoothly.
I know that the bulwark's are much better now !
So I have find my mojo again 
 
Sjors
 
 
 
 
 
 

Looking good Sjors! Coming along really nice. I love it!
 
Do you plan to paint the hull? What colors?
 
hmmmm do you mean rubbing strakes?

Hello Denis,So so sorry to hear your news of your illnesses ,sending prayers daily ,will message soon ,your friend Edwin

Hello Marsalv ,   excellent workmanship ,Edwin

Hello Marsalv ,   excellent workmanship ,Edwin

Google uss constitution virtual tour google maps. On the lower right are icons to navigate between decks. Go to gun deck for cabin and furniture details. Follow the arrows to move view direction.

Captain's table and chairs.......

I took a couple days break after rigging all those cannons and returned on Friday not knowing where to begin next.... decided the furnishings of the Captain's study would be a great change of pace.  First, the table and 8 chairs....
Having built dozens of real chairs over the years as a woodworker, these are the smallest I have ever attempted.  These two pics are simply to share the approach I took.
Pics taken before assembling those last three units.

The chairs are very simple 4-piece construction.  The backs, along with the front leg frames, are actually carved from faux wood vinyl with the stretcher rails are carved into each piece.  Note that I did not attempt to add stretcher rails from the back legs to the front legs, nor the center stretcher from side to side.
Note to the users.... Do not lean back too far in these chairs!
The two carved pieces are attached with the seat piece, then the black seat cover added.

I still plan to wipe on a light stain after I clean up some of the rough edges.

I'll take a shot of the wall cabinet unit once I figure out how to build it.
 
Cheers
 

Only had to try five times ....

Thank you guys .
To Greg: The moldings isn´t done with scraper, it is made with milling bitt - the same method I used for standard production (see pictures in this contribution)
Small step forward - installation of chanells.

Tried to write something. But I'm speechless.

Thanks all of you, my friends for your supporting and kind words
 
"... History becomes legend and legend becomes myth..."
 
On my way, again, by all means
 
I successful ruined my first boat trying to put inner vertical planks, so, once more from beginning
 

 
This time, I learned exactly what I have to do, on which way and how, and what is the line of the moves. This time, more precise and clean
 
She enlarge her, yes ?
 

You noticed very well ... two hotheads in family
 

Thanks gerhard, Patrick Denis and other for nice words and likes.
 
I have to admit, results are better than I expected. Again and again, my hard head throwing through walls. It is stronger than me. I just can not explore how other people do this, I just have to find my own way. Subborn, partially stupid, and obviously I enjoy making every piece several times. Some kind of sadomasochism ? Anyhow, and that is most important, I have and find great fun in every retry.

Thx again 

For centuries people have been trying to turn lead into gold. You come along and bang!! Plastic into gold. Great work 

thanks Scott for the kind comment.........I'm not that good with weathering and stuff.   it's just something I tried out........happy to see that it came out good and well received.  as for the ship's boats,  they were the same....the smaller one inside the larger one.......looked terrible.  I was going to leave it at that,  not being able to come up with a good solution.....but then I stumbled onto that thwart part in my plastic bin {I have a small collection of plastic spare parts}.   with a little modification,  I was able to fit it into the large boat and add the chocks.  I've seen these chocks in other logs...that's where I got the idea from in the first place     I hope it works for you as it did me.
 
I dunno Carl........a quicky to me,  is something you throw together fast....no mods and extra stuff to slow you down.   I wasn't even going to paint it at all     then the crazy thoughts came and blew all that out of the water.  I don't regret though....the model did come out looking better for it.   I'm waiting for the finish to come.......I have other fish to fry  
 
 
OK......what did I do yesterday?   well.......I did the rigging for the fore top and top gallant sails.....

...and then tied the main course sail to it's yard........cementing it in place on the main mast.

so,  now I'm down to two sails {cripes........I'm beginning to sound like the count on Sesame Street}......three billowing sails..........TWO billowing sails!........ {and then you hear Sonny and Cher.....
....and the beat goes on...........
.....the beat goes on.        NA-NU..........NA-NU!

I did two more sails yesterday......lashing the yards on.....and I had a better time of it.   knowing when to avert problems is a big help    the lower fore sail assembly is already done,  so the two additional sail assemblies,  complete the fore mast.   I quickly looked up the names of these sails to make it easier.......I may be wrong.....so be kind and let me know    so.....anyway...before I knew it,  I had the fore course and the top sail cemented in place.

I rigged the fore course sail lifts before adding the top sail......the lifts for that sail was next.

the sheet/clew lines are not done yet,  so not to make it too confusing.  the top sail.......for this large a sail,  I probably should have given it a pulley assembly......but I opted to use single blocks instead.   the fore course sail got the pulley assembly.

the top gallant sail was the last assembly to be cemented in place.

I'm thinking that this would be a fixed yard,  so no lifts would be needed.....simple fixed lift lines was added to it.   I will have to do the same to the main top gallant sail,  but I had to remove the single block that were tied to the yard.

once all of the lift lines were rigged,  they were set up to be terminated.  once that's done,  I can rig the sheet/clew lines.

one thing I see,  that I will have to remember to do, is rig the tack lines on the fore course,  before the sheet/clew lines are done.   three more sails to go......the main set.  it might appear that I've added a lot of the rigging......actually.....no.   this model has most of these lines.......I'm merely doing it differently,  adding in some extra detail due to the use of these blocks.

thanks Frank.........and to all who hit the like button      there are seven sails to go.......the idea starts out with trying to speed things up a little.   the process of sewing on the sails does take a bit of time.   the day was also devoted to tying on all the blocks that will be needed to rig the yards.   all I have left of the gray blocks are a few double blocks......I may be 1 shy,  I'll have to tie them and see.    having made the observation that the extra eye on the ones I already tied,  will not be needed...I cut them all off.   I believe this is where the phrase "you'll live to regret it" comes to mind,  because now that I'm at this stage,  examination the line routing is proving otherwise.   so I will have to make do with what's here.........it's not as bad as it sounds though.   as an example,  I rigged the lifts for the lower mizzen yard,  after tying on the single blocks for it.

clothes pins will keep the lines taught until I get around to terminating them.   blocks for the upper yards were tied on.......a pair for the lifts,  and a pair for the sheet/clew lines.   I put these two lines together for this model........should prove to be interesting.  here is the top fore mast yard and the upper mizzen yard.

these are just single blocks........the lower fore and main yards are done with a pair of double blocks,  and a pair of single blocks.

the double blocks are there......their just folded up under the yards........it's good that they are this flexible.   they will conform to the rigging when done {this might be the thorn in the side of many a modeler}.   sewing on the bow spirit sails was done by hand {naturally}......holding them and sewing them as I went along.   I did the same for the upper mizzen sail......as mentioned.....time consuming {but then again.......so was tying on all the blocks}.  I need to trim off the excess thread.

in doing the lower fore mast yard....I started to do it by hand.....then I thought I'd try something different.  I got out the 'helping hands'  and set the yard up on it.    well.......first it started out badly,  having continued backwards {I had to remove four or five loops}.   then it compounded with the loose thread getting hung up on all appendages sticking out on the 'hands'.   coupled with the fireworks that was going on outside.......I was getting rather vexed.

by the time it was done......I was fit to be tied >insert pun<  I saw that perhaps the clew blocks could have been more to the center.......there's quite a gap there.   I though of maybe tying on a couple more blocks,  but then it would appear like a bunt or leech line,  and I really don't want to go that far into it.  so,  it may stay like it is.

note the double block on top,  and single below.........the use of these block is far better than those stupid rings     six more sails to go............not tonight though.......I left this,  to something a little less tedious.   the upper mizzen yard assembly was cemented in place.   while it was still drying,  the lifts and clew lines were rigged and weighted,  to hold the yard in place as it totally cured
    it's an interesting set up.........the sheet/clew idea doesn't look too bad  

starting out as a sheet line,  it's simply run through the corners to keep the sail in place...........then through the block as a clew line.

the lower lifts, upper lifts,  and upper clew lines need to be terminated at this point.   I will do this tomorrow,  as I tie the other yard assemblies.   hopefully,  I can get them all done,  so I can do the fore mast...........tall order?

That makes sense Chuck - thanks for the feedback!

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Stunning work on the rigging  Michael just wondered if you know that there are a set of sails for the Vasa . If you look on the Cornwall model ship site they sell them. I have fitted them to mine and they don't look to bad .
 
BV

Denis – thanks, yes that does now look as it should. Also thanks for your continued support and kind thoughts.
 
Yup sails keep me up at night J  Would definitely add a big “bang” to this project.
 
EJ – just a thought; I had difficulty trying to properly scale the euphroe block threads taught. A bow seemed to always stay visual coming from each side of the blocks
 
I went from Chuck’s  .018 to his .012 and that helped a bit. But the real solution was to use a routing bit and add indented grooves to the blocks themselves. This allowed the rope bends to be better hidden within the block.
 
Now when pulled the ropes take on a better scaled toughness through the blocks to their respective shrouds.

Cheers,

Hi Mates,
 
Continuing with standing rigging;
• Changing out the bowsprit lashing to correct – tarred ropes
 •First attempt at making Euphroe blocks, Found a more contemporary looking example online. May also incorporate  blocks with needed Euphros for mainmast backstay (as seen on that photo)
Funny PS; Word saw spelling error and wanted to change spelling to euphoria or euphoric ha ha
•Also making more fiddle blocks
Pics are self explanatory – so brief text here.
I can see that eventually tensioning all of these lines against each other will be complicated to get them all looking “right” That bridge is for later.
 
Cheers,

Hola Michael:
For doing that specific reinforcement I use a specific knobs on the sewing machine, (I don´t know its name but here are a picture of them) The thing is to play previously to attain the desire appearance
Saludos, Karl

Hi Mates,
 
He are some updated full views as of today. Always thanks for dropping by.